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Rugged+ TFT displays for demanding applications

June 17, 2011

Maidenhead, UK, 16 June 2011. Hitachi DPG (Display Products Group) has announced the introduction of a new line-up of Rugged+ TFT LCD display modules specifically intended for use in extreme environment applications. The Rugged+ display modules have been designed and developed to operate in demanding industrial and harsh environmental conditions. Some of the new modules feature Hitachi’s IPS-Pro TFT technology which provides outstanding image quality when viewed at any viewing angle. IPS-Pro also provides exceptional colour saturation, colour stability, contrast and black levels with a 176° wide vertical and horizontal viewing angle.

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KEMET Introduces High Voltage Ceramic Capacitors for the Automotive Industry

June 17, 2011

KEMET has announced the introduction of its new Automotive Grade High Voltage Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors. Qualified to the Automotive Electronics Council’s AEC-Q200 standard, these surface mount capacitors are available in X7R and C0G dielectrics from 500VDC to 3000VDC and with capacitance values ranging from 10pF to 0.27µF.

Whether under bonnet or in-cabin, KEMET High Voltage Automotive Grade parts emphasise the vital and robust nature of capacitors required for mission and safety critical automotive circuits. Stricter testing protocols and inspection criteria are applied to these products to ensure reliability in potentially … Read More → "KEMET Introduces High Voltage Ceramic Capacitors for the Automotive Industry"

IAR Systems Collaborates with Qualcomm Atheros in Bringing to Market the Industry’s First Wi-Fi System-in-Package Development System

June 17, 2011

Foster City, CA—June 16, 2011—IAR Systems® today announced its collaboration with Qualcomm Atheros on its new AR4100 solution, a highly integrated, Wi-Fi system-in-package (SIP) for microcontroller based design. The new module is based on Qualcomm Atheros’ industry-leading 802.11b/g/n single-stream Wi-Fi Align® technology, enabling long range transmission while minimizing energy consumption. IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM® was selected as the preferred development tool for this Wi-Fi microcontroller (MCU) device.

The AR4100 is optimized for client applications hosted by low-resource MCUs that send infrequent data packets … Read More → "IAR Systems Collaborates with Qualcomm Atheros in Bringing to Market the Industry’s First Wi-Fi System-in-Package Development System"

Agilent Technologies Advances X-Parameters* Innovations

June 16, 2011

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 8, 2011 – Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the latest wave of X-parameter innovations designed to further advance their use and support the industry’s rapidly increasing interest in the technology.

“X-parameters are a fast-moving technology, and we continue to invest heavily to advance nonlinear measurements and characterization,” said Gregg Peters, vice president and general manager of Agilent’s Component Test Division. “Within a short period of time, we have built up a solid base of industry-leading customers and partners. This is an exciting … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Advances X-Parameters* Innovations"

Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Takes Thermal Solutions to the Nextreme

June 16, 2011

PHOENIX—June 16, 2011 — Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), has inked a distribution agreement with Nextreme Read More → "Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas Takes Thermal Solutions to the Nextreme"

Saelig’s New Tiny Picoammeter Eliminates Voltage Transients

June 16, 2011

Pittsford, NY, USA: PocketPico Picoammeter is a new, USB-connected; very low current measurement device for DC current from 20pA to 2mA. Tiny (2.7″ × 1.4″ × 3.7″), lightweight (8oz) PocketPico Picoammetereliminates harmful switching spikes and reads at a rapid 15,000 samples per second. Perfect for lab test setups,PocketPico Picoammeter’s high accuracy, fast speed, and single measurement range brings new features previously unavailable in other picoammeters, like small size, single 20pA – 2mA measurement range at 15,000 Sa/s, high accuracy (±0.5%) and resolution (4½ digits), protection against voltage transients, etc.

PocketPico Picoammeter is dedicated to the … Read More → "Saelig’s New Tiny Picoammeter Eliminates Voltage Transients"

Support up to 7 PCI, PCI Express & 6 PCI-X plug-in cards!

June 16, 2011

Brighton, UK, 16th June 2011 – Amplicon has worked in partnership with Magma for the past 10 years to provide leading edge card expansion solutions to our customers. Using our trusted industrial Ventrix chassis and power supplies, we can now offer an even more robust and cost effective expansion solution

Ventrix industrial computers can be found at the heart of many critical systems, such as military test systems, transportation and industrial automation. The Ventrix products are designed to run 24/7, 365 days a year and only use the highest quality industrial components. Our new Ventrix expansion system will also benefit from … Read More → "Support up to 7 PCI, PCI Express & 6 PCI-X plug-in cards!"

Feabhas Organises Android Workshop, 13th of July

June 16, 2011

Hungerford, UK, June 16, 2011

Inside Android, how it works and how you can make it work for you, 13th July – Half day Android workshop

Android is not just for mobile phones: it is an embedded operating system suitable for many devices especially those with a touch screen display or with wireless communication. Typical applications include test equipment, medical equipment and multimedia consumer devices.

Adapteva Selects E.T. International’s Software for Breakthrough High-Performance, Low-Power Multicore Processor

June 16, 2011

Newark, DE – June 16, 2011 – E.T. International, Inc. (ETI), a provider of system software solutions for hybrid and many-core hardware architectures, today announced that Adapteva has selected ETI’s SWARM (SWift Adaptive Runtime Machine) software solution for its Epiphany™ multicore processor, the first ever architecture capable of scaling to thousands of parallel processors on a single chip. ETI’s SWARM programming environment enables application development on the Epiphany processing architecture, and is part of the company’s unique many-core expertise offerings that include design, development, and other custom programming services for advanced … Read More → "Adapteva Selects E.T. International’s Software for Breakthrough High-Performance, Low-Power Multicore Processor"

Introducing the Matrox SMD-2 for Large-Scale High-Density IP Video Decoding

June 16, 2011

Montreal, Canada, June 15, 2011 — Matrox Graphics Inc. today introduces the Matrox SMD-2 streaming media decoder, a second-generation universal IP video decode solution designed to decode – in parallel – large numbers of network video streams in different resolutions and formats. The ideal building block for large-scale IP video decode applications, each SMD-2 board can simultaneously decode up to 64 QCIF, 16 D1, or 2 HD 1080 streams. By … Read More → "Introducing the Matrox SMD-2 for Large-Scale High-Density IP Video Decoding"